The Clippers began play in the NBA as the Buffalo Braves in 1970. The Braves moved to San Diego in 1978. Sometimes when teams move to a new city they change their name. In this case, the team changed their name from the Braves to the Clippers to represent the boating and sailing that can be done off the coast of San Diego in the Pacific Ocean. The Clippers then moved to Los Angeles in 1984. Instead of changing their name, they kept Clippers as the nickname.
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The Clippers began play in the NBA as the Buffalo Braves in 1970. The Braves moved to San Diego in 1978. Sometimes when teams move to a new city they change their name. In this case, the team changed their name from the Braves to the Clippers to represent the boating and sailing that can be done off the coast of San Diego in the Pacific Ocean. The Clippers then moved to Los Angeles in 1984. Instead of changing their name, they kept Clippers as the nickname.
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∙ 14y agoBefore the Los Angeles Clippers moved to LA in 1985, they were the San Diego Clippers from 1979-1984 and the Buffalo Braves between 1971-1978.
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∙ 9y agoThe San Diego Clippers are named for the ships that pass through San Diego Bay. In 1984, when the Clippers moved to Los Angeles, they kept their nickname.
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∙ 12y agoAfter the team moved to San Diego, from Buffalo, they named themselves the Clippers after the large boating industry in their new city, as in, Clipper Ships.
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∙ 12y agoWhen they moved to San Diego they were named the clippers to represent the boating and sailing you can do off the coast of San Diego in the pacific ocean
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∙ 14y agoL A Clippers got their name from the types of ships that would traditionally port in LA. Clipper Ships.
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∙ 12y agothey call the clippers LOB city due to all the alley-oop dunks to blake griffin and deandre jordan because when they throw an alley oop they just LOB it up
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The lakers used to be in minnosota and moved to LA after the clippers had started. So the clippers are first
The Clippers began play in the NBA as the Buffalo Braves in 1970. The Braves moved to San Diego in 1978. Sometimes when teams move to a new city they change their name. In this case, the team changed their name from the Braves to the Clippers to represent the boating and sailing that can be done off the coast of San Diego in the Pacific Ocean. The Clippers then moved to Los Angeles in 1984. Instead of changing their name, they kept Clippers as the nickname.
nail clippers
`the nail clippers?
a win
four. lakers, clippers, Golden State Warriors and the kings
Lakers, Kings, Warriors, and Clippers.
Fingernail Clippers
I think it will be the Clippers and the Bucks or Clippers and Celtics. Clippers win it all though
the root word of clippers is clip
Baltimore Clippers ended in 1977.